Institutionalization Tracker: Assessing the integration of an education initiative into a system

This tool helps measure the progress of efforts to institutionalize or mainstream an initiative within a formal education system. Institutionalization is one approach to scaling impact in education, also referred to as “vertical scaling.” It is a process by which an initiative becomes embedded within the formal education system and is led and sustained by government actors. The ultimate goal is that the initiative becomes part of the government’s policies, plans, procedures, budgets, and daily activities; ideally, the initiative no longer stands alone or is branded separately, but effectively “disappears” into the broader system, helping to ensure long-term sustainability.